Keep Hatch Primary School

About Keep Hatch Primary School

Keep Hatch Primary School sits within Wokingham, a local authority that is home to 55 primary schools, six of which hold an Outstanding rating from Ofsted. The school itself ranks 20th in the LA, placing it in the middle of the pack, and its closest Outstanding-rated neighbour is Walter Infant School, 1.8 kilometres away. Among its local peers, the top-performing schools by ranking score are St Dominic Savio Catholic Primary School (98), Sonning Church of England Primary School (93) and St Cecilia's CofE Primary School (90). Keep Hatch's own ranking score of 69 reflects solid, if not standout, performance within a competitive local landscape. The school is a state-funded, mixed primary for children aged 4 to 11, with no religious character and no nursery or sixth-form provision. It is led by headteacher Claire Appleby and currently accommodates 396 pupils against a capacity of 420, suggesting it is running close to full.

Academically, Keep Hatch delivers results that are broadly in line with the local average. In the 2023/24 Key Stage 2 assessments, 69% of pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths combined, just one percentage point below the Wokingham LA average of 70%. The school's average scores in reading and maths both sit at 108, which is above the national benchmark of 100. A higher proportion of pupils achieved the expected standard in maths (84%) than in reading (82%) or writing (76%), and 16% reached the higher standard across all three subjects. In its most recent graded Ofsted inspection, carried out in 2018, the school was rated Good overall, with Good marks for early years provision, leadership and management, and the quality of education. An ungraded inspection in November 2023 confirmed that the school remains Good. This marks a clear improvement from the previous graded inspection in 2016, when it was rated Requires Improvement.

The school is clearly popular with local families: for the 2025/26 intake, it received 94 applications for 36 places, making it oversubscribed with a ratio of 2.61 applicants per place. All 33 first-preference applicants were offered a spot, which suggests that being local and putting the school first gives you a strong chance. Facilities include an ICT suite, a sports hall, playing fields, a sensory room and a chapel. Sports provision covers swimming, dance, football and tennis, and there is a decent range of after-school clubs including gardening, book club, film club, coding and art club. The school's SEND register is broad, covering specific learning difficulties like dyslexia, moderate learning difficulties, speech and language needs, hearing impairment, physical disability, autistic spectrum disorder and social, emotional and mental health needs. This makes Keep Hatch a practical choice for families who want a well-resourced, inclusive mainstream primary within a strong local authority.

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